History

Traditional Tole Painting and a little of its history.

'What is Tole'? That's the first question most people ask - a short explanation. The word Tole comes from the French, meaning lacquered or enamelled metal-ware, often gilded. It also means a table or board.

Schools of Art in the UK, known to be teaching One-stroke painting for the pottery and furniture trade in the 1800 hundreds.
Wedgwood School of Art
Stoke School of Art
School of Art, Hanley
School of Art Tunstall
Burslem School of Art
Longton School of Art

Historical styles used for the decoration of pottery, wall paper, furniture and tea trays.

Images of partly completed design which give a excellent insight into how the piece was produced and the techniques used.

Who painted what and where they worked. Images of work produced in the Schools of Art and the specialist design used.

The potteries history of people and company's where one-stroke was their main decoration.